See Also: Tiepolo (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista(dictionary)
Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico(encyclopedia)
Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista(encyclopedia)
magnum(dictionary)
os magnum(medicine)
magnum(medicine)
magnum(dictionary)
magnum opus(dictionary)
cochleare magnum(medicine)

Tiepolo (as used in expressions) (sh) and magnum (iou)


Tiepolo (as used in expressions) (sh)


magnum (iou)



magnum noun & adjective. L18.
[Latin, use as noun of neut. sing. of magnus large.]
A. noun.
A bottle for Wine, spirits, etc., twice the standard size, now usu. containing 1 1 / 2 litres; the quantity of liquor held by such a bottle. L18.
J. Glassco There was a magnum of bad champagne waiting in an ice bucket.
(Also Magnum.) A Magnum revolver or cartridge (see sense B. below). M20.
Zoology. The section of a bird's oviduct which secretes albumen. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. (Also Magnum.) Of a cartridge: adapted so as to be more powerful than its calibre suggests. Of a gun: designed to fire such cartridges. M20.
? Proprietary name in the US in senses A.2, B.